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Rapidly Growing Mycobacterial Infections

 • Mycobacterium abscessus - Is the most pathogenic and the most likely
Mycobacterium ... Primary skin and ... • Mycobacterium ... #diagnosis #differential ... infectiousdiseases #NTM
Quick review on streptococcal skin infections. 

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#diagnosis #clinical #differential #dermatology #skinrash #skin
streptococcal skin ... infections. ... diagnosis #clinical #differential ... #dermatology #skinrash ... #skin
Approach to the Rash in a an oncology patient - MINT-C Mnemonic
M - Malignancy: Leukemia cutis,
, Viral infections ... Gangrenosum, NEH T - Treatment ... dermatoses #skin ... Rash #oncology #differential ... MINTC #Mnemonic #dermatology
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria
RAPID GROWERS: 
 • Mycobacterium abscessus, chelonae, fortuitum
SLOW GROWERS: 
 • Mycobacterium avium complex, marinum,
GROWERS: • Mycobacterium ... scrofulaceum, malmoense SKIN ... & SOFT TISSUE INFECTION ... • Mycobacterium ... #Mycobacteria #differential
Acute bacterial skin and soft tissue infections (SSTIs)

#skin #softtissue #infections #cellulitis #infectiousdiseases #management #treatment #diagnosis #sstis
Acute bacterial skin ... and soft tissue infections ... (SSTIs) #skin ... infectiousdiseases #management ... #treatment #diagnosis
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
belonging to the Mycobacterium ... Pulmonary • Skin ... • M genavense Skin ... • M fortuitum Skin ... #Infections #differential
Lymphocutaneous Sporotrichiosis Infection

Landscaper w/ painless nodular rash of arm present for months wax and wane; diagnosis?
Lymphocutaneous
Sporotrichiosis Infection ... trauma leads to skin ... biopsy preferred Differential ... leishmania, Tb, NTM ... Sporotrichiosis #Infection
IDSA Treatment of Necrotizing Infections of the Skin, Fascia, and Muscle
 • Mixed infections
 • Streptococcus
IDSA Treatment of ... of the Skin, Fascia ... #fasciitis #Skin ... #IDSA #Treatment ... #management #antibiotics
IDSA - Antimicrobial Therapy for Staphylococcal and Streptococcal Skin and Soft Tissue Infections
 • Impetigo (Staphylococcus
Streptococcal Skin ... infections # ... Skin #SoftTissue ... #Antibiotics #management ... #treatment #idsa
Tuberculosis Overview

10 million new M. tuberculosis infections/year
Facultative intracellular rod-shaped bacteria
Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) accounts for 4.6% of
(NTM) • Fungal ... • Tuberculin skin ... Tuberculosis Treatment ... TB #Diagnosis #Management ... #Treatment #ActiveTB